Interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall may very well be his future opponent from UFC 310.
Ciryl Gane (12-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) runs issues again with Alexander Volkov (38-10 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in Saturday’s principal card (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, Hulu, ESPN+) at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) is at present gunning for a title-unification bout with heavyweight champion Jon Jones, but when he doesn’t get his want, he may find yourself going through the winner of Gane vs. Volkov. Aspinall broke down the important thing elements of the pivotal heavyweight conflict.
“The toes are crucial on this combat in my view,” Aspinall instructed TNT Sports activities. “After I say the toes, I’m not speaking in regards to the kicking as such – I’m speaking in regards to the positioning of their toes. If Volkov can get him going backwards and hold him in opposition to the fence, he can simply use that size and tee off on him with the kicks and the punches like we’re seeing there.
“Quite the opposite to that, Ciryl Gane is actually good shifting backwards – that’s his power, is he lures his opponents in and strikes off on them angles. So it’s simply an attention-grabbing matchup of kinds, and we love heavyweight fights.”
Gane received his first assembly with Volkov in June 2021 by unanimous resolution – a combat Aspinall thinks was lackluster.
“Stinker … horrible combat,” Aspinall mentioned. “Nobody remembers it. Nothing actually occurred within the combat. It was simply lots of clinching up in opposition to the fence – not lots of nice harm finished.”
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